The top Tory who called for the jobless to have vasectomies also said it would be “incredibly sensible” to relocate people on benefits hundreds of miles from home.

Ben Bradley MP, promoted to vice chair of the Conservative Party a week ago by Theresa May, praised a bid by a London council to move families claiming housing benefit to Stoke-on-Trent.

His controversial comments, made in a blog post in 2012, sparked outrage.

Bradley said: “I can’t for the life of me understand why everyone is making such a big fuss over Newham Council’s decision to try and move people they don’t have the room for into empty houses elsewhere.

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He added: “Most of these families are from the very poorest groups and are unemployed. They don’t work in London, so why do they need to be there?”

Newham Council were accused at the time of social cleansing in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics.

Last night, MPs called his remarks “deeply offensive” and urged him to resign as May’s youth tsar.

Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, said: “Ben Bradley clearly has a history of making deeply offensive comments.

“Theresa May should be ashamed of appointing someone with such disgraceful views as vice chair of her party.”

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran said: “Housing ... needs to become more affordable. We need to fix that problem by building more homes, not putting the burden on the least fortunate in our society and tearing families apart.”

Last night, after being approached about the comments, Bradley said: “I accept some of the language I used was inappropriate and I apologise for that.”